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TORONTO — Andre De Grasse’s Pan American Games debut was agonizingly close to being perfect.
The sprinting phenom appeared to win his third gold medal in Toronto when the Canadian men’s relay team crossed the finish line in first...

TORONTO — Canada will go for men’s basketball gold at the Pan American Games after defeating the United States 111-108 in an overtime thriller Friday.
The Canadians, who have never finished better than fourth at the Games, needed a...

TORONTO — Canadian sprint sensation Andre De Grasse laid down another stunning performance Friday.
The 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., shattered his own Canadian 200-metre record to win gold at the Pan American Games.
De Grasse crossed in...

TORONTO — Damian Warner set a Canadian record in the decathlon on Thursday, while Canada set a national record for gold medals won at the Pan American Games.
The 25-year-old Warner from London, Ont., won the decathlon in the 13th day of...

Jason Guy knew he was running for second place in the Scotiabank Blue Nose men’s half-marathon on Sunday.
And the St. John’s, N.L., native did just that.
Guy posted a respectable 1:19:43 but was over 15 minutes behind champion Abel...Read More

Unlike the men’s half-marathon, the women’s race was competitive down the stretch at the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon on Sunday.
Bedford’s Sara Earle crossed the line first in 1:29:20, a mere three seconds ahead of Abbey Shaw of...Read More

The sky above was grey and dreary, with a light dusting of rain and a cool breeze billowing through.
But on the ground it was anything but dreary, as a kaleidoscope of people descended on downtown Halifax to participate in the 12th running of the...Read More

Matthew White got so motivated watching Saturday’s youth run that he decided to go for a run himself on Sunday.
He ended up winning the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon.
A volunteer in a running and reading program with young athletes, he...Read More

Three-time champion Greg Wieczorek didn’t run the marathon at this year’s Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon.
Instead the former record holder ran and won the 10K race Sunday in 32:58.9.
And he did so for two very special reasons —...Read More

A two-time world champion did what a world champion does in Sunday’s 12th running of the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon in Halifax.
Kenya’s Abel Kirui, the Olympic marathon silver medallist from London in 2012 and the world marathon...Read More

Karolyne Blain, the two-time Atlantic university women’s soccer MVP, will represent Canada at the Summer Universiade in South Korea, in July.
The Cape Breton Capers senior striker from Sudbury, Ont., was one of 22 players named to the women...Read More

It’s a long way from the Great Rift Valley of Kenya — the crucible of marathon running — to the start line for the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon.
But it doesn’t seem so distant for two-time world marathon champion and 2012...Read More

For as long as he could remember, Michael Bergeron has always been good at multitasking.
A year ago the 25-year-old naval officer decided to take that one step further.
The Fredericton native married two of his passions – juggling and...Read More